VIRTUAL PATENT MARKING

This page serves as notice under 35 U.S.C. § 287(a)

BUNDLED PRODUCT AND GIFT CARD
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee products combining a prepaid product with a physical greeting card or product sample are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:  U.S. Patent Numbers: 9,202,240; 10,127,548; and 10,621,573.

CLIENT CUSTOMIZED CARD FOR USE WITH SELECTED MERCHANTS AND/OR PRODUCTS / RESTRICTED ACCESS NETWORK (RAN) CARDS & PROCESSES
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company (i.e., Blackhawk Engagement Services), and other Licensee DirectSpend® or restricted access network (RAN) products and processes using a filter are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:  U.S. Patent Numbers: 8,973,820; 8,464,938; 8,245,910; and 8,622,291.

DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY OF PINS TO POS AND DIGITALLY
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee Gift Card Mall™ products and processes performing digital fulfillment of third party stored value cards are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:  U.S. Patent Numbers: 7,280,644; 7,477,731; 7,522,716; 7,613,284; 7,676,030; 8,245,910; 8,472,594; 8,594,286; 8,622,291; and 8,867,713.

eWALLET and THIRD PARTY DIGITAL CARD PROCUREMENT
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee Gift Card Mall™ products and processes performing digital fulfillment of third party stored value cards are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:

U.S. Patent Numbers: 6,526,130; 7,477,731; 7,522,716; 7,613,284; 7,676,030; 8,245,910; 8,472,594; 8,594,286; 8,622,291; and 8,867,713.

EVENT MESSAGING PROCESS AND SYSTEM
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiaries, Affiliated Companies and Licensees using processes of messaging based on a trigger event and a system for such process are protected by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,773,980 and 8,755,781 in the U.S. and elsewhere.

FACILITATING PURCHASE VIA FOREIGN WEBSITE
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee products purchasing prepaid products in one jurisdiction from a foreign website are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:  U.S. Patent Numbers: 10,282,725.

FRAUD MITIGATION IN CARD TRANSACTIONS AND PACKAGING SECURITY
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee products applying a fraud risk score, using client certificates, using message level encryption in transaction processing and using card package security designs to prevent fraud are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:  U.S. Patent Numbers: 7,607,575; 7,753,262; 8,251,285; 8,632,006; 8,915,366; 8,960,433; 9,531,688; 10,129,225; 10,404,671; and 10,692,087.

GIFT CARD EXCHANGE
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee products using the process of gift card exchange and the gift card exchange process are protected by U.S. Patent No. 7,494,048 in the U.S. and elsewhere.

IN-LANE LOTTERY
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiaries, Affiliated Companies and Licensees using using Blackhawk’s proprietary Quickticket™ in-lane lottery activation processes and the sale of Quickticket™ in-lane lottery products are protected by U.S. Patent Nos. 9,865,135 and 10,769,894.

LOCALIED PREPAID GIFT CARD PROGRAM
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee products related to local merchant prepaid programs that simulate a merchant closed-loop account using an open-loop ghost account are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:

U.S. Patent Numbers: 10,706,464.

PREPAID ACCOUNT REPLENISHMENT
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee products and processes performing replenishment, reload or top-up of pre-existing pre-paid accounts are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:

U.S. Patent Numbers: 7,131,578; 7,909,242; and 8,479,980.

TRANSACTION PROCESSING
All of Blackhawk Network, Inc. (BHN), Blackhawk Subsidiary and Affiliated Company, and other Licensee products conducting prepaid product transactions via a multi-merchant; multi-processor network are protected by one or more of the following patents in the U.S. and elsewhere:  U.S. Patent Numbers: 7,280,644; 7,477,731; 8,245,910; and 8,622,291.